Voices for Change

Baltimore’s riots have become an uprising. The people have demanded to be heard, and now, the city, state and federal government have to listen. The real fight is just beginning.

The killings in Brussels or Paris and the killings in U.S. military strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria or Libya perpetuate the same dark lusts. The savage tit-for-tat game will not end until we rouse ourselves from our hypnotized state.

An authoritarian approach to such a threat can never work – democracies have to lead.

The unchecked rise of financial entities designed to conceal wealth and questionable activity has created a global, collaborative ecosystem. It is fueling corruption and crime while allowing those involved to escape accountability.

We don’t have to reinvent ourselves along violent lines. Instead, we can become a country that changes itself through nonviolent revolution.

These women want solutions for breast cancer, not pinkwashed corporate sales events.

A bilateral policy of genocide has united the Israeli and U.S. governments in a pact of literally breath-taking cruelty.

What Americans should be asking their government is this: Why are there still 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq?

The growing movement for racial justice is making demands and taking action.

This an opportunity to renew our understanding of the social compact. It allows us to emphasize the value of communitarian idealism over individualistic greed.